und on the face. He had had no vomiting, no pain in the hack, and only slight anorexia and pyrexia. Whatever it was, I decided to watch and isolate him as best I could in the steerage, wich oarbolised sheets. A small wooden structure on deck was already full with cases of measles, and in 'winter one cannot u!-e boats for isolation. On arrival, the chip was detained by the quarantine authorities, experts from the city were consulted, who discussed and differed, and after four days we were allowed to proceed up the river. The man was placed in a ftver hospital, and the immigrants vaccinated by me had permission to land. The others, who all had recent vaccination certificates, were sentenced, poor healthy-6oulii, to fourteen days' imprisonment. No smallpox occurred subsequently. During another voyage there was a case of chicken-pox about which I had no doubt at all. A child developed rosy papules, which rapidly became globular, ' , gradually enlarging, unicellular vesicles surrounded by pink-' , red ajeolas fresh crops following the first. We passed quaran-' , tine, but on docking a health officer came on board. He saw ' , he case in the stage most difficult to diagnose-when the ' , vesicles were dried up and scabbing-and unhesitatingly pronounced it to be smallpox. I handed him my medical log. He only smiled pragmatically and pointed to the eruption Luckily for us, though, a senior medical man judged the case, with a verdict for varice la. I am, Sirs, yours faithfully, Brighton, Jan. 17th, 1894.
